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by WildGreenLeave 931 days ago
I've been using Kagi [0] since a few months and I am extremely surprised how well it works. With DDG it took a few months and then I just added !g everywhere because I never found what I was looking for. With Kagi I almost never do that, every now and then I think I am not able to find what I expect and then I add !g, so far it hasn't given me more then what Kagi gives me.

So, I am wondering how much money you would really need. Because if Kagi can do it, why can't Bing do it?

[0]: https://kagi.com

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I have also switched to Kagi as my primary engine and feel no reason to use Google any more for anything but local and maps stuff.

Which is a lot. So I use Google a lot. But still, very impressed with Kagi.

Besides YouTube, Maps is one of the very remaining reasons I visit The Google's domains. For some reason I'm not entirely sure about, besides the inherent difficulties involved, there seems to be no serious competition in that space. Sure, we can get basic maps and directions from other services, but what about things like time estimates and street view?

Kagi is awesome otherwise, by the way. I'll keep saying it so more people hear about it.

DDG, on the other hand, has gone way downhill. I still sometimes use it if I am using a private browser window. It's flat out terrible. Even with safe search turned off, it's clearly been dumbed down to be PG-rated. It misses a lot of things it used to not. I don't get how they are going to stay solvent down the road without money being continuously set on fire.

Try MagicEarth, let me know what you think